Can Your Medical Billing Software Help Protect You from the

Can Your Medical Billing Software Help Protect You from the False Claims Act

The number of False Claims Act investigations is increasing rapidly, as you will see from the article below by healthcare attorney Robert Liles, who specializes in this area. While this understandably raises questions on compliance, staff training and management and other key areas, another important consideration is medical billing software.

If your medical billing software allows you to enter and report on actual vs. contractual payments, you have an important first line of defense against this increasingly vital issue. And if you can do it quickly and easily, that helps insure that it will be done regularly. Plus, you need to be able to review individual patient payment history to check for secondary insurance payments, etc.


And of course, regularly reviewing the report of actual vs. contractual payment amounts also helps you to insure that your practice is being paid everything it has earned.

Fortunately, Kareo offers all of these tools; to learn more about how Kareo allows you to quickly and easily manage your fees and contracts, visit this section on our site. For more information on the growing number of False Claims Acts investigations, please read the valuable article below.

Number of False Claims Act Investigations Being Pursued is Currently at an All Time High . . . and is Likely to Go Even Higher Due to Changes to the False Claims Act Under Health Care Reform

By Robert W. Liles, Esq., Liles Parker

Robert W. Liles, Esq. owns a private law firm, Liles Parker, which focuses on fraud defense, internal audits, compliance, and regulatory matters. Robert serves as General Compliance Counsel for the American Medical Billing Association.

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